Few people currently doubt that computers will be an important part of the future of education. Less clear, however, is the exact role that machines will have in the classroom. Among the many possibilities, seven will be described in some detail below with a subjective evaluation of the costs and benifits of each one.
payrolls, schedules, report cards
homework via email
"modernized" version of typing classes
Computer Aided Instruction
improvement over educational videos
Multimedia Encyclopedias and the Internet
from Sim City to Logo